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Etymology

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mis- +‎ record

Verb

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misrecord (third-person singular simple present misrecords, present participle misrecording, simple past and past participle misrecorded)

  1. (transitive) To record incorrectly.
    • 2010, David R. Heise, Surveying Cultures, page 129:
      The surveys are self-administered on computers, so interviewers do not bias a respondent's answers or misrecord the respondent's answers, as sometimes happens in face-to-face or telephone interviewing.